Table 2.

Standard hip magnetic resonance arthrogram protocol, adapted from European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology guidelines [22]

Parameter	FOV (max)	Slice (max)	TE	TR	Matrix (min)
Cor STIR (whole pelvis)	38-40 cm	6 mm	40-60	1800	256 × 256
Ax T1	16 cm	3.5 mm	min	400	256 × 256
Cor T1 FS	16 cm	3.5 mm	min	400	256 × 256
Oblique T1 FS	16 cm	3.5 mm	min	400	256 × 256
Sag T1 FS	16 cm	3.5 mm	min	400	256 × 256
Sag or oblique PD FS	16 cm	3.5 mm	40-60	2000	256 × 256
Radial T1 ± FS (optional)	16 cm	3.5 mm	min	400	256 × 256

FOV – field of view, FS – fat-saturated, STIR – short-tau inversion recovery, PD – proton density